Young girls arrested after spending night in school

Deputies in Charlotte County arrested an 11-year-old and 13-year-old girl after they spent the night in an elementary school.

Both 13-year-old Kaitlynn Wagner and 11-year-old Samantha Savich were arrested on felony Burglary and misdemeanor Petit Theft charges after they entered a school, hid out inside until everyone left and spent the night.

Deputies received missing juvenile reports on September 17 around 4:30 p.m. about the two Port Charlotte Middle School girls who never came home that afternoon.

Deputies and detectives began to search for around the county for the girls.

Later, they found out that Wagner was communicating with friends on Facebook from a computer and was listing locations in Charlotte County and Fort Myers where they could be found.

Yet, after all the locations were checked, they still had not been found.

On September 18, deputies went to Savich's home as both girls were found.

The father received a tip that both girls wanted to come home and needed a ride from Neil Armstrong Elementary School.

Savich's father told detectives he found them outside the school, drove them to his home, and called deputies.

The detective's investigation learned that Wagner and Savich sneaked into Neil Armstrong before the school let out and that a student let them in a door and they hid in the girl's bathroom until everyone left.

That night, deputies say they snacked on items found in the school. They say the girls also began making prank calls to six teachers from the school phones and used school computers as well as printers.

Deputies say that is when they started sending messages on Facebook to their friends giving false info as to where they were.

Officials say that sent law enforcement in Charlotte and Lee counties scrambling to find them.

The school principal told detectives she received a call early that morning from the head custodian who said he got a call from the school alarm company around 5:30 a.m. about a security breach at the school.

The custodian said he found Mr. Savich knocking on a side door looking for his daughter. That is when the custodian learned both girls were inside, had spent the night and called a family member asking for a ride home.

School security and officials were able to supply detectives with surveillance videos showing most of the movements of the two girls in the school, their running in the hallways, and entry into several rooms.

Detectives also obtained internet browsing history records made on the school computers and phones.

Wagner and Savich were arrested Friday and booked into the Charlotte County Jail; they were then released to their parents pending a mandatory detention hearing in Lee County.

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